Here is a beautiful vintage floral illustration. The scientific name for this flower is Aquilegia Glandulosa. The common name is Altai Columbine or Granny’s Bonnets. The image is from the Illustrated Dictionary of Gardening – A Practical and Scientific Encyclopaedia of Horticulture, edited by George Nicholson, circa 1885.
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